Burning Angel

James Lee Burke

Sinossi

A gangster’s journal and a property dispute spell trouble for a Louisiana deputy in this hard-boiled murder mystery by a New York Times–bestselling author. 
 
The Fontenot family has lived as sharecroppers on Bertrand land for as long as anyone can remember. So why are they now being forced from their homes? And what does the murder of Della Landry—the girlfriend of New Orleans fixer Sonny Boy Marsallus—have to do with it? 
 
Marsallus’s secrets seem tied to those of the Fontenots. But can Detective Dave Robicheaux make sense of it all before more bodies drop? In James Lee Burke’s intense and powerful crime novel, Robicheaux digs deep into the bad blood and dirty secrets of Louisiana’s past—while confronting a ragtag alliance of local mobsters and a hired assassin . . .  
 
In the suspenseful series that continues to be both a critical and popular success, Burning Angel will keep you glued to the pages until the breathtaking finale. 
 
“[An] absorbing and violent adventure. . . . Burke’s lush, humid prose and the controlled, otherworldly aspects of this plot deftly capture the inhumanity of the bad guys and the more common frailties of ordinary folk.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Disponibile da: 24/02/2014.

Lunghezza di stampa: 468 pagine.

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